Cheapest overclocking 2gb RAM

[MrZucchiniHead]

ok i need to lower the price of my computer cause i still want other thing with my 1200$ so insted of buying G.SKILL extreme serier 2gb.
so could anyone mention the cheapest 2gb dual channel kit for some good overclocking?

 

[PizzatheHut06]

There is some G-Skill value RAM at newegg selling for $148 I believe. Some people have reported very high overclocks, however quite a bit of voltage is required. How much are you willing to spend?

 

[Ace No-Money]

Don't get the 2GB. It will just slow your computer down. Go for 1GB of faster ram. I think using 2gb of Ram right now is like a 256mb fx5200 video card. It just doesn't make sense!

 

[Powerslave]

Don't get the 2GB. It will just slow your computer down. Go for 1GB of faster ram. I think using 2gb of Ram right now is like a 256mb fx5200 video card. It just doesn't make sense!

Uh, wrong. 2GB will make your pc faster, but overclocks won't be as high.

 

[Ace No-Money]

You're right, it won't make it slower but it will not make much of a difference unless you use your system for like CAD, or playing FEAR and DOOM 3 while buring a movie and and running PRIME 95 at the SAME TIME, lol.

 

[Mr_Threepwood]

Ace I have to disagree, if you're building a new computer now it would be good to go with 2 gb of ram. FEAR at max uses it definitly, so will BF2 and a few other games when you max them out. Future applications will definitly take advantage of 2 gb.

As for the thread starter, I dont know of any cheaper ram off the top of my head. Try searching for a price range on newegg.

You can always get value ram and try some miniman OCs, it wont be as good but itll be a lot cheaper.

 

[Flying-Squirrel]

Ok I think Ace needs a good slap upside his head for being unexperienced and still talking.

If you had actually tried 2 gigs of ram and used them in the memory intensive games of today you would not have said anything close to what you did.

I had 1 gig of ram and i upgraded to 2. The difference in BF2 and FEAR is HUGE!! I realize you can play them very well with 1 gig of ram especially if you get a good gig that can OC well. You can definately get higher OCs with 1 gig of ram but if you get 2 decent gigs of ram games will play MUCH better.

Ok I think I need to go to sleep. I have been up all night and am bichy .

 

[PizzatheHut06]

The difference in overclockability between 1GB and 2GB is decreasing. For example there is 2GB of Muskin RAM at newegg right now for $199 that is DDR500 and people are even reporting getting clocks up to 270MHz. That's really fast and I doubt you'd be able to overclock 2x512MB sticks much farther.

 

[Ace No-Money]

Lol, ok, ok, I give up . You are definately right about the new future apps. being able to use 2GB, especially as the 64bit Windows OS becomes more popular. And I am sure games like FEAR with HIGH settings turned on use a ton of resources, but Since I am Ace "No-Money" I will not be going for 2GB for my rig anytime soon.
I do know one thing for sure, I can't wait to get my CPU heatsink in the mail so I can turn on my Athlon 3000+ machine for the first time! YEAH!
Peace!